History Main / UnpleasantAnimalCounterpart

* Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium: The Fellbeasts are also known as hell-hawks in the books, and were created as the evil counterparts of the Great Eagles according to Tolkien. Their bodies are featherless and serpentine, and serve Sauron. The Great Eagles are benevolent creatures. In the Prolonged Prologue ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'', Fellbeasts and Great Eagles are shown battling each other in the War of Wrath.

* Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium: The Fellbeasts are also known as hell-hawks in the books, and were created as the evil counterparts of the Great Eagles according to Tolkien. Their bodies are featherless and serpentine, and serve Sauron. In the Prolonged Prologue ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'', Fellbeasts and Great Eagles are shown battling each other in the War of Wrath.

** Giant eagles are intelligent and good aligned. In Fifth Edition they are given an evil counterpart in giant vultures.

Common examples, aside from mice vs. rats, include dolphins vs. sharks, frogs vs. toads, eagles vs. vultures, bees vs. wasps, ants vs. termites, foxes vs. wolves, spiders vs. scorpions ([[EvilVersusEvil though both species]] [[SpidersAreScary tend to overlap]] [[ScaryScorpions in how their morality]] is portrayed), theropod dinosaurs vs every other type of dinosaur, elephants and hippos vs. rhinos, butterflies vs. moths and non-venomous snakes vs. venomous snakes (or [[LovableLizard lizards]] vs. snakes).

Common examples, aside from mice vs. rats, include dolphins vs. sharks, frogs vs. toads, eagles vs. vultures, bees vs. wasps, ants vs. termites, foxes vs. wolves, spiders vs. scorpions ([[EvilVersusEvil though both species]] [[SpidersAreScary tend to overlap]] [[ScaryScorpions in how their morality]] is portrayed), theropod dinosaurs vs every other type of dinosaur, butterflies vs. moths and non-venomous snakes vs. venomous snakes (or [[LovableLizard lizards]] vs. snakes).

* One of Franchise/SpiderMan's recurring enemies is Mac Gargan a.k.a. the Scorpion.

Common examples, aside from mice vs. rats, include dolphins vs. sharks, frogs vs. toads, eagles vs. vultures, bees vs. wasps, ants vs. termites, foxes vs. wolves, spiders vs. scorpions ([[EvilVersusEvil though both species]] [[SpidersAreScary tend to overlap]] [[ScaryScorpions in morality]]), theropod dinosaurs vs every other type of dinosaur, butterflies vs. moths and non-venomous snakes vs. venomous snakes (or [[LovableLizard lizards]] vs. snakes).

Common examples, aside from mice vs. rats, include dolphins vs. sharks, frogs vs. toads, eagles vs. vultures, bees vs. wasps, foxes vs. wolves, spiders vs. scorpions, butterflies vs. moths and non-venomous snakes vs. venomous snakes (or [[LovableLizard lizards]] vs. snakes).

[[caption-width-right:350:Let's... quietly ignore that [[FriendlyPlayfulDolphin the one on the left]] [[DeviousDolphins will screw]] anything that moves and [[ThreateningShark the one on the right]] claims one of the least amount of human lives every year and is [[WoobieSpecies barbarically mutilated just for fin soup]]...]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Let's... quietly ignore that [[FriendlyPlayfulDolphin the one on the left]] [[DeviousDolphins will screw]] anything that moves...]]

** Pythons are depicted as more pleasant than cobras, which are morally ambiguous or outright evil [[spoiler:to the point of being TheCorrupter]].

* Purposely invoked in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire''. The girl of the season, May, catches a Wurmple. The DarkChick, Jessie, also manages to catch a Wurmple. Now Wurmples can either evolve into a sweet looking little butterfly (Bug/Flying) or an obnoxiously colorful moth (Bug/Poison). Guess which girl gets which? This is a subversion though, as both Pokémon are actually quite bad, arguably the former being the worst. Dustox make messes when they eat, leaving trees barren whenever they swarm into an area and scatter noxious dust as a defense mechanism. Beautifly are actually quite savage despite their appearance, being very aggressive when provoked or disturbed and attacking by stabbing opponents with their proboscis to drain their "fluids". The anime does not, however, bring up Beautifly's more unpleasant traits, and largely plays this trope straight (although the extent of Dustox's villainy is its association with Team Rocket).

** The franchise started the trend of raptors being the main "evil" dinosaur, while former dinosaur BigBad ''Tyrannosaurus'' began to be put in a heroic light. Deconstructed in ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' and ''Film/JurassicWorld'' where raptors are portrayed more sympathetically albeit still dangerous, and in the latter film, [[spoiler:the last surviving member of the pack Blue teams up with ''T. rex'' Rexy in bringing down the ''Indominus rex'']].

** The franchise started the trend of raptors being the main "evil" dinosaur, while former dinosaur BigBad ''Tyrannosaurus'' began to be put in a heroic light. Deconstructed in ''Film/JurassicWorld'' where raptors are portrayed more sympathetically albeit still dangerous, and eventually [[spoiler:the last surviving member of the pack Blue teams up with ''T. rex'' Rexy in bringing down the ''Indominus rex'']].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' movies Donkey wants very much to be a horse.

[[caption-width-right:350:Let's... quietly ignore that [[FriendlyPlayfulDolphin the one on the left]] [[DeviousDolphins will screw]] AnythingThatMoves...]]

** ''Literature/SmallGods'' subverts the Biblical metaphor of sheep and goats, suggesting the real difference is "sheep are stupid and have to be driven. But goats are intelligent and need to be led". Similarly, while ''Literature/AHatFullOfSky'' portrays Tiffany the sheep-witch in a battle of wills against a goat, it's not presented as any more malevolent than a sheep, just smart enough to do something about it.

** ''Literature/SmallGods'' subverts the Biblical metaphor of sheep and goats, suggesting the real difference "sheep are stupid and have to be driven. But goats are intelligent and need to be led". Similarly, while ''Literature/AHatFullOfSky'' portrays Tiffany the sheep-witch in a battle of wills against a goat, it's not presented as any more malevolent than a sheep, just smart enough to do something about it.

* ''Literature/SmallGods'' subverts the Biblical metaphor of sheep and goats, suggesting the real difference "sheep are stupid and have to be driven. But goats are intelligent and need to be led". Similarly, while ''Literature/HatFullOfSky'' portrays Tiffany the sheep-witch in a battle of wills against a goat, it's not presented as any more malevolent than a sheep, just smart enough to do something about it.

** In ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'', Mr Brooks the beekeeper believes wasps might look pretty, "but if you were for bees, you had to be against wasps". This philosophy even manages to make him immune to {{Glamour}}, since he regards TheFairFolk as wasps attacking the beehive of Lancre Castle.

** In ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'', Mr Brooks the beekeeper believes wasps might look pretty, "but if you were for bees, you had to be against wasps". This philosophy even manages to make him immune to the {{Glamor}} of TheFairFolk, since he sees them as wasps attacking the beehive of Lancre Castle.